Magmatron
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| Transformers character | |
 Magmatron vs. Grimlock during The Gathering |
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| Magmatron | |
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| Affiliation | Predacon (Beast Wars), Destron (Beast Wars Neo) Dinobot (Beast Machines) |
| Function | Predacon General, Self-proclaimed Emperor of Destruction, Maximal Warrior |
| Motto | "Power is everything. I am power. Therefor, I am everything." "Till all is won." |
| Alternate Modes | Giganotosaurus, Elasmosaurus and a Quetzalcoatlus. |
| Series | Beast Wars Neo, Beast Machines, Beast Wars: The Gathering comic |
Magmatron is a Transformers character who first appeared in the Japanese Beast Wars Neo series, was later released in the American Beast Machines Dinobots toy line, and now appears in official Beast Wars continuity. Three beasts, a Giganotosaurus, Elasmosaurus and a Quetzalcoatlus, can combine into a humanoid robot form, or that of a giant Fuzor with attributes of all three beasts. While in his beast modes he is able to maintain a singular consciousness/personality, and is the only known Triocon, a being with technological relations to the Decepticon Duocons, with three split forms (relating to land, sea & air, respectively) instead of two.
[edit] Beast Wars Neo
Magmatron became Predacon Emperor of Destruction after Galvatron's defeat, establishing a rivalry and mutual respect with Maximal commander Big Convoy. Tracking his rival's forces, he became aware of the Angolmois Energy pods released by the Nemesis and managed to gather many of them. However they were then stolen from him by the Blendtrons. He then discovered the truth - that the Angolmois Energy was really the lifeforce of Unicron himself.
As the Chaos-Bringer took Galvatron's corpse as a new body, Magmatron realised the disaster he had unleashed and his forces challenged the Dark God. They were defeated, and Magmatron was left trapped in a wormhole. Eventually escaping he teamed up with his rival Big Convoy to stop the Unicron possessed Vector Sigma. After Unicron's defeat the two worked together to rebuild Cybertron.
[edit] Beast Machines
Hasbro released Magmatron as a Beast Machines Dinobot. Following an interplanetary quest for energy capsules, Magmatron returned to Cybertron to find an alarmingly growing population of Vehicon drones. In line with this release, he later appeared in the Botcon Exclusive Transformers: Universe - Wreckers Comic as the subsequent leader of the Dinobot faction commissioned by the Oracle.
[edit] The Gathering
During the Beast Wars (as the Predacons are installing Sentinel, which would place the events described here around those of the season 3 episode, Changing of the Guard), Magmatron and his troops arrived on Earth on a mission following up Ravage's failure. Magmatron had his own agenda to convert many of the unused protoforms in stasis pods into Predacon soldiers under his command, but the Maximal undercover agent Razorbeast sabotaged him, resulting in many of the protoforms emerging as Maximals. Hunting down and battling Razorbeast, even Magmatron's three modes were unable to prevent Razorbeast's escape. Magmatron also recovered the remains of Ravage and used a blank protoform to bring him back in a stronger Transmetal 2 form. Being displaced slightly chronogically Magmatron and Razorbeast's troops battled without the others noticing. Despite having ambitions to stage a coup like Megatron, Magmatron did not want to reveal his intentions to the Tripredacus Council yet, and aimed to capture Megatron for them as his mission required to divert suspicion. Revealing himself to Megatron, the two would-be tyrants battled, but after Megatron gained the upper hand he was captured when Magmatron's lackeys managed to put a restraining collar on Megatron. Magmatron aimed to send him back to Cybertron, but due to the intervention of Razorbeast, Optimus Minor and Grimlock, Magmatron was sent back to Cybertron instead. Razorbeast left the unconscious Megatron on Earth, fearing altering the time stream if he captured him (See Beast Wars: The Gathering).
The sketch gallery at the back of the TPB edition of the Gathering indicates that Magmatron had his "split" tricon mode before he received his beast mode. His Cybertronian modes were a tentacled submarine, a hovercraft and a tank.
